American Airlines made more than $34 million in in-kind donations to nonprofit groups in 2009.
The opera's current budget is $106,000, with an additional $200,000 received in in-kind donations, Mr. Montez said.
It has committed to provide $1.5 million in in-kind support for each of the next three years to community colleges, including equipment donations, curriculum setup and student field visits, according to Tamar Sarkissian, a company spokeswoman.
P.G.& E., for example, says it plans to provide $1.5 million in in-kind support for each of the next three years to community colleges, including equipment donations and student field visits, according to Tamar Sarkissian, a P.G.& E. spokeswoman.
European Union officials said they expected to pledge about $500 million for the first year, but officials have suggested in the past that some of that could be in in-kind contributions.
The Sphinx Organization has an annual budget of $750,000 $260,0000 in in-kind contributions (summer scholarships, hotel rooms, instruments provided on loan) and $490,000 in cash.
A part of the CBS investment, however, is in in-kind advertising, and the site's Web address is frequently mentioned on CBS programs like "The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather".
In a 1999 memorandum, Mr. Meyne wrote that in previous years his company had given the trade group "as much as nearly $100,000 in cash and much more in in-kind support," adding, "They have done virtually everything we've ever asked, and even appointed us to their board".
But through a fund-raising campaign that began in the fall of 2008, it raised $95 million in cash and $15 million in in-kind donations to replenish its Disaster Relief Fund, and Congress made a $100 million appropriation to support disaster work.
Islamic Relief USA, an aid organization with affiliates around the globe, has seen annual donations rise to about $25 million last year from roughly $7 million at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, with an additional $50 million in in-kind gifts, said the group's spokesman, Mostafa Mahboob.
TrustTheVote has raised around $1.2 million to date in cash and a few million more in in-kind contributions.
